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Then went[H5927]Boaz[H1162]up[H5927] to the gate[H8179], and sat him down[H3427] there: and, behold, the kinsman[H1350] of whom Boaz[H1162]spake[H1696]came[H5674] by; unto whom he said[H559], Ho[H1945], such[H6423] a one[H492]! turn aside[H5493], sit down[H3427] here. And he turned aside[H5493], and sat down[H3427].
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And he took[H3947]ten[H6235]men[H582] of the elders[H2205] of the city[H5892], and said[H559], Sit ye down[H3427] here. And they sat down[H3427].
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And he said[H559] unto the kinsman[H1350], Naomi[H5281], that is come again[H7725] out of the country[H7704] of Moab[H4124], selleth[H4376] a parcel[H2513] of land[H7704], which was our brother[H251] Elimelech's:
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And I thought[H559] to advertise[H1540] thee, saying[H559], Buy[H7069] it before the inhabitants[H3427], and before the elders[H2205] of my people[H5971]. If thou wilt redeem[H1350] it, redeem[H1350] it: but if thou wilt not redeem[H1350] it, then tell[H5046] me, that I may know[H3045]: for there is none to redeem[H1350] it beside[H2108] thee; and I am after[H310] thee. And he said[H559], I will redeem[H1350] it.
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Then said[H559]Boaz[H1162], What day[H3117] thou buyest[H7069] the field[H7704] of the hand[H3027] of Naomi[H5281], thou must buy[H7069] it also of Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125], the wife[H802] of the dead[H4191], to raise up[H6965] the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] upon his inheritance[H5159].
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And the kinsman[H1350]said[H559], I cannot[H3201]redeem[H1350] it for myself, lest I mar[H7843] mine own inheritance[H5159]: redeem[H1350] thou my right[H1353] to thyself; for I cannot[H3201]redeem[H1350] it.
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Now this was the manner in former time[H6440] in Israel[H3478] concerning redeeming[H1353] and concerning changing[H8545], for to confirm[H6965] all things[H1697]; a man[H376] plucked off[H8025] his shoe[H5275], and gave[H5414] it to his neighbour[H7453]: and this was a testimony[H8584] in Israel[H3478].
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Therefore the kinsman[H1350]said[H559] unto Boaz[H1162], Buy[H7069] it for thee. So he drew off[H8025] his shoe[H5275].
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And Boaz[H1162]said[H559] unto the elders[H2205], and unto all the people[H5971], Ye are witnesses[H5707] this day[H3117], that I have bought[H7069] all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand[H3027] of Naomi[H5281].
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Moreover Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125], the wife[H802] of Mahlon[H4248], have I purchased[H7069] to be my wife[H802], to raise up[H6965] the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] upon his inheritance[H5159], that the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] be not cut off[H3772] from among[H5973] his brethren[H251], and from the gate[H8179] of his place[H4725]: ye are witnesses[H5707] this day[H3117].
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And all the people[H5971] that were in the gate[H8179], and the elders[H2205], said[H559], We are witnesses[H5707]. The LORD[H3068]make[H5414] the woman[H802] that is come[H935] into thine house[H1004] like Rachel[H7354] and like Leah[H3812], which two[H8147] did build[H1129] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: and do[H6213] thou worthily[H2428] in Ephratah[H672], and be famous[H7121] in Bethlehem[H1035]:
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And let thy house[H1004] be like the house[H1004] of Pharez[H6557], whom Tamar[H8559]bare[H3205] unto Judah[H3063], of the seed[H2233] which the LORD[H3068] shall give[H5414] thee of this young woman[H5291].
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So Boaz[H1162]took[H3947]Ruth[H7327], and she was his wife[H802]: and when he went in[H935] unto her, the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414] her conception[H2032], and she bare[H3205] a son[H1121].
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And the women[H802]said[H559] unto Naomi[H5281], Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068], which hath not left[H7673] thee this day[H3117] without a kinsman[H1350], that his name[H8034] may be famous[H7121] in Israel[H3478].
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And he shall be unto thee a restorer[H7725] of thy life[H5315], and a nourisher[H3557] of thine old age[H7872]: for thy daughter in law[H3618], which loveth[H157] thee, which is better[H2896] to thee than seven[H7651]sons[H1121], hath born[H3205] him.
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And Naomi[H5281]took[H3947] the child[H3206], and laid[H7896] it in her bosom[H2436], and became nurse[H539] unto it.
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And the women her neighbours[H7934]gave[H7121] it a name[H8034], saying[H559], There is a son[H1121]born[H3205] to Naomi[H5281]; and they called[H7121] his name[H8034]Obed[H5744]: he is the father[H1] of Jesse[H3448], the father[H1] of David[H1732].
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Now these are the generations[H8435] of Pharez[H6557]: Pharez[H6557]begat[H3205]Hezron[H2696],
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And Hezron[H2696]begat[H3205]Ram[H7410], and Ram[H7410]begat[H3205]Amminadab[H5992],
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And Amminadab[H5992]begat[H3205]Nahshon[H5177], and Nahshon[H5177]begat[H3205]Salmon[H8009],
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And Salmon[H8012]begat[H3205]Boaz[H1162], and Boaz[H1162]begat[H3205]Obed[H5744],
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And Obed[H5744]begat[H3205]Jesse[H3448], and Jesse[H3448]begat[H3205]David[H1732].